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Here’s some primal '60s
garage noise (ala Cynics and Mono Men), but with a strangely
pleasing, melancholy vibe from this Detroit-area quintet. One
that suggests the cryptic side of the whole psych realm, (i.e.,
The Seeds, Music Machine). Since truth is always more bizarre
than fiction, the real truth is vocalist/frontman Troy Gregory
used to strum bass for Flotsam & Jetsam and Prong. Which, if
you’re noticing, is not exactly buying into the whole Bomp/Voxx
philosophy of “once the ‘60s, always the ‘60s.”
His "reborn garage rapture" is
even more startling, given the skewed weirdness of the band's
second outing. Not only do The Witches drag their ballads into
extreme despondency ("What It Really?"), but they
expand their sonic dirges to include a little free-form sax work
("The Robot Family"), and some flipped-out,
inner-sanctum symbolism ("Some Girls Basement"). Like
the stronger, more formidable material from this genre (re:
Climax, Hellacopters, Soundtrack To Our Lives), these guys sound
stuck in a little world, lost to their own
reality. Recommended.
Fall Of Rome Records, PO
Box
69431, Los Angeles, CA 90069
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The Witches |
| Title |
Universal Mall |
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Fall of Rome
Records |
| Reviewer |
Richard Proplesch |
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